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I have version 6.0 of Metastock and I checked again:
1. Open the stock with Downloader which has split and needs to be adjusted.
2. Look at the menu bar which has "File", "Edit", "View", "Tools", "Adjust", "Window" and "Help" and click on "Adjust" and a pull down menu is exposed.
3. Click now on "split"
4. Enter the date of the latest record which will be the last record from the first to be adjusted.
5. Enter the value of the split that is 2 for 1 or whatever the split is.
6. Click on "OK"
7. Save your changed file and exit to Metastock to observe the results.
If you have a different version it may have a slightly different way to accomplish this function. In that case may I suggest you request from Equis the exact method of accomplishing a split correction of data.
Good Luck!
-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Saegesser [SMTP:mas@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 1997 1:13 PM
To: John Sellers
Subject: RE: Quotes Plus, MetaStock 6, and Investor's Reference Library
I can't find an "Adjust" option anywhere in the Downloader.
At 11:46 AM 6/28/97 -0700, you wrote:
>There is another way to correct for stock splits and that is to use
downloader and open up that stock which has had a split and use the command
on the menu bar "Adjust" and select "split" and then input the following
required inputs of last data date of which data needs to be corrected and
of course the specified split numbers. After that you do a save. Try it,
you may prefer to do the corrections in this manner.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Marc Saegesser [SMTP:mas@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: Saturday, June 28, 1997 6:48 AM
>To: metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Cc: metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Quotes Plus, MetaStock 6, and Investor's Reference Library
>
>Daniel,
>
> I've been using Quotes-Plus for about six months now. I use the 800
>number to get the data, but once you have the daily update file everything
>is the same. Quotes Plus provides a database update utility which
>uncompress the daily update file and updates the Quotes Plus databases.
>There is a separate utility for exporting data from the Quotes Plus
>database to Metastock. You can export a single stock, a list of stocks or
>point it to a Metastock directory and it will update all the Metastock
>files found in that directory. You can setup directories which you want to
>be automatically updated after every daily update file is received.
>
>In my setup I have all the S&P 500 stocks split across two Metastock
>directories and another directory of about 100 stocks that I watch on a
>daily basis. When I download the daily update all of these Metastock files
>are updated with the latest prices. The whole procedure takes about 15
>minutes on a Pentium 90 running Win95. Metastock, Quotes Plus and all the
>data currently uses about 150M of disk space.
>
>So far I haven't found any other data provider who provides as much data at
>as a low a price as Quotes Plus. I wish they had option data (even if I
>had to pay extra for it).
>
>My biggest gripe right now is how stock splits are handled. The Quotes
>Plus Metastock update utility doesn't change the metastock price history,
>it just adds the latest price. The Quotes Plsu database is updated
>correctly, but to the correct chart into Metastock you have to delete the
>chart and have Quotes Plus re-add it. This is kind of a pain.
>
>Hope this is useful.
>
>Marc
>
>
>At 09:25 AM 6/28/97 -0400, DanMartinz@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>Gary,
>>I have MetaStock 6 and I probably will get the Investor's Reference LIbrary
>>(IRL). I need to know the following information if I use your service.
>>
>>I am going to place all of the stocks the IRL CD-ROM has on my hard drive.
>> It has a 5 year history. I don't have room for duplication. This means I
>>am not going to use your CD-ROM database for stocks. I also have an 8 month
>>old MetaStock 6 CD-ROM, and access to AOL index data which I can download in
>>ASCII format. I will use these 2 for indexes such as DOW and S&P 500
>>history for past 5 years.
>>
>>1. What is the exact procedure for getting daily updates from Quotes-Plus
>>through the Internet? Do I download an ASCII file from an FTP site? How do
>>I incorporate your data into my MetaStock database?
>>
>>2. If I only maintain a MetaStock database (from IRL), will I have any
>>trouble with stock splits, and ticker name changes if I use Quotes-Plus?
>>
>>
>>Daniel.
>>
>>
>>
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>Marc Saegesser
>mas@xxxxxxx
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Marc Saegesser
mas@xxxxxxx
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